President Donald Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security. Here’s why.
- Posted on January 6, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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President Donald Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland for Arctic security. Here’s why.

President Donald Trump wants to make sure the U.S. controls Greenland, a mineral-rich country that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America.